Michael1942's Blog

Recently the Illinois governor took to the airwaves to explain the fiscal problems of the state . The bottom line appears to be that the legislature has not appropriated enough money to continue paying for several institutions that serve the neediest residents in several counties. Since the current budget is a line item budget, those monies cannot be put to use in other areas of need. While we no longer have a Governor who was just a shade above a common extortionist, we have the same legislature that has been in place for decades. It appears that unless we change the legislature we will continue to have ineffective government in Illinois no matter who the Governor is. Illinois is an “At will” state and that applies to all workers including the people we elect to represent us. As in the broadly covered Federal “war between the Congress and the President”, Illinois has the same river of innuendo and malfeasance working. All of this at the expense of the people’s well being and comfort which we (the people) pay for through taxes and fewer services.. There was a quote by Mark Twain (not exact) “you can tell when a politician is lying his lips are moving” To date we have had a multitude of elected officials from Senators, Representatives and Governors who have committed crimes against the people under the guise of serving the people and these are just the ones who were caught!
The Federal Government and many states are in such poor fiscal shape at to be considered bankrupt, this bankruptcy is based more in morality since the greed is seemingly inherent in us all (including our supposedly upright and honorable) elected officials.
Initially I began to write about my State of residence but I quickly realized that this encompasses our entire country and its ancillary properties.